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Lemon Essential Oil

With its bright and joyful aroma, Lemon essential oil benefits skin and hair as much as its aroma enhances your environment. This best-selling oil can be used in a variety of ways: Mix it with your cleaning products, use it during your nighttime skin care routine, or add a drop to your conditioner for a great scent. This oil is a key ingredient in many hair and skin care products, Thieves® cleaning products, and essential oil blends such as Thieves®, Citrus Fresh™, Clarity™, Joy™ and Harmony™. Because citrus oil can cause photosensitivity, avoid applying Lemon to exposed skin before spending time outside.

For 25 years our Seed to Seal® quality commitment has been both a promise to you and a reflection of our sense of global stewardship and accountability. We believe you want only the best for your family and yourself—products that are genuine, free from harmful synthetics, and of unmatched purity. Our proprietary Seed to Seal promise is our pledge to you, the earth, and ourselves that Young Living products will be the best available, now and always.

Seed to Seal and its three pillars—Sourcing, Science, and Standards—are infused into every aspect of our exacting essential oil production processes, both on our own farms and our carefully curated family of partner farms. Seed to Seal is infused into our painstaking quality testing and retesting to ensure that your family enjoys the purest essential oil products on the planet. Ultimately, Seed to Seal is infused into everything we do. We know that for us—and for you—simply nothing else will do.

Fill the kitchen with a dose of Lemon’s familiar lemon-drop aroma to take clean to a whole new level.

Banish everyday odors in your living room or family room by combining Lemon with other purifying scents such as Pine, Grapefruit, or Peppermint.

EXPERIENCE

Lemon essential oil has a cheerful, sweet aroma that can freshen and fill your home with its clean, lemon-drop scent when diffused.

DIRECTIONS

Topical: Dilute 1 drop with 1 drop of V-6™ or olive oil and apply to desired area as needed. Aromatic: Diffuse up to 1 hour 3 times daily.

CAUTIONS: Keep out of reach of children. For external use only. Keep away from eyes and mucous membranes. If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult a health care professional prior to use. Avoid direct sunlight or UV rays for up to 12 hours after applying product.

Get to Know

Get to Know

PRODUCT BACKGROUND

Originally from regions in Asia, the lemon tree wasn’t common in Europe until the 16th century. It is a part of the evergreen family and reaches a height of about 20 feet. From those trees, 75 lemons are required to make one 15-ml bottle of Lemon essential oil. This is accomplished by cold pressing the rinds of the lemons, producing an oil with the aroma of freshly picked fruit.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Citrus limon

BOTANICAL FAMILY: Rutaceae

REGIONS FOUND: Argentina, South Africa, Italy, Asia, California

PLANT PART USED: Rind

EXTRACTION METHOD: Cold pressed

YL REGION: Most Young Living Lemon essential oil comes from Argentina and South Africa.

Lemon essential oil joined the Young Living family in 1994.

FAQ

FAQ

Q: Is it okay to use lemon essential oil to polish furniture?

A: We do not recommend using this oil as furniture polish as it can erode the furniture finish. We suggest testing how your furniture will react to essential oils in an inconspicuous place before using them over larger areas.

Q: Is lemon essential oil acidic?

A: No, Lemon essential oil is not acidic.

Q: How is lemon essential oil made?

A: It is cold pressed from the rinds of lemons. It takes approximately 3,000 lemons to produce 1 kilo of oil.

Q: How many lemons does it take to make a 15ml bottle?

A: Each lemon differs in the amount of oil that can be extracted, but it usually takes between 50–100 lemons to make one 15-ml bottle of oil.

Q: Does lemon oil oxidize?

A: Young Living’s 100-percent pure essential oils do not expire and will maintain their integrity, efficacy, and properties almost indefinitely, provided they are stored properly in a dark-glass bottle, upright and tightly sealed, away from UV light, and in cool temperatures.